On Sun 21 Jul at 14:57 John Clarke (3:713/730{at}fidonet) wrote to Arthur Marsh:

 JC> I may be wide of the mark here but is there something 
 JC> different about the australian implementation of ISDN that 
 JC> prevents the use of the USR I-Courier and I-Sportster units?  

Yes, until the ETSI/OnRamp ISDN becomes widely available, we're stuck with
the Australian-specific implementation. I have been in touch with USR about
the I-modem but the person I emailed said that an Australian version would
be a while yet.

 JC> These would seem to be the way to fix the current situation 
 JC> where ISDN systems are isolated from analogue systems and 
 JC> virtually run as a second network.  A site equipped with one 
 JC> of these could call, and be called from, BBSs or either 
 JC> persuasion.

Alternatively one could use a TA with a decent POTS port. Philips and
Tennyson Technologies already have such TA's on the market.

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